Hinge.



H. LANGE.

HINGE.

APPLIMTIQN FILED MAR. 19, 1904.

491 1 ,'1 Patented Feb. ,2, 1909.

' HENRY LANGE, OF QUINOY, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. a, 190e.

lip-nieguen and nach ie, ieee. serial No. 193,957;I

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LANGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful VImprovements in Hinges; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX'- actdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming o a part of this specication, and to the figures andletters of reference marked thereon;

This invention relates to im rovements in hinges designed Vmoreespecially foruse in connection withcovers for cooking utensils,

- tops of the fuel receptacle of'wood burning air tight stoves, etc.,and has for its object to provide the hinge with an extensionconstituting a handle by means of which the cover may he raised, thusavoidin the necessity of taking hold of the cover itseIf.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will benow describedand the particular features of novelty pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawingswherein is illustrated the Y referred embodiment of theinvention- 4igure 1 is a perspective view of the up er portion of thefuel receptacle of a stove with cover provided with the improved hinge.Fig. 2, is a similar view with the cover partially raised. Fig. 3, is aside elevation with cover fully raised. Y Fig.v 4 is a sectional view.Fig. 5, is a rear elevation.

Similar letters of reference in the several iigures indicate the sameparts.

Referring to the drawings the letter A indicates the upper portion ofthe fuel receptacle, shown as cylindrical, of anair tight stove havingva bead a around its edge. rJ'Che cover B for this receptacle, isprovided with a downwardly extending portion b which iits within thereceptacle B, when the cover is in closed position, and with anoutwardly eX- tending flange b2, which rests on the top of thereceptacle A when in closed position, all as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The hinge by which the cover B is connected to the receptacle B isformed of'a single piece of wire of suitable length and weight.

In constructing the hinge, the wire, at equal distances from each end isbent'substantially at right angles forming the tions C C, and is thenbent slightly upward znection porand then downward, forming the curvedportions c c. From these curved portlons `c c, the Wire is then carriedinward at substantially right angles forming the portions .c c, thecentral portion of the wire being then formed into a loop c2 extendingoutwardly at substantially right angles as shown in Figs. l and 4.

The ortions C C of the hinge are rigidly secure tothe cover B, by clipsb b', anda plate or ear a secured to the receptacle A, is provided orformed withportions c2 a2, which are bent over the portions c c of thehinge forming bearings for the hinge as will readily be understood.

When it is desired to raise the cover of the receptacle it is onlynecessary to grasp the loo or handle ortion@2 of the hinge, or an orinary stove id lifter may be inserted in the loop and then by a downwardpressure thereon, the cover will be swung upward as will be readilyunderstood. If desired the cover may be raised until the handle or looportion c2 of the hinge contacts with the ody of the receptacle A, whenowing to the angular osition of said portion c2, the cover B, will t enbe thrown over its pivotal oint of connection with the receptacle anwill remain in this open position, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. Byforming the hinge with the curved or bent portions c c, the hinge willtake over the bead a round the up er edge of the receptacle A and theflange 1Eb) of the cover B.

It will be seen that with a hinge constructed according to thisinvention, the cover of the stove may be raised without liability ofburning or soiling the hands.

While the invention has been shown and described, in connection with astove, it will of course be understood that it is equally well adaptedfor use in connection with other articles, such as cooking utensils,etc.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desired tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a receptacle having a beaded edge at the entranceopenin and al cover having flanges in angular re ation to overlie thebeaded edge and roject within the rece tacle respectively, o a hingeconetween the cover and receptacle embodying a hinge plate secured tothe side ofthe receptacle and having spaced lugs forming bearings .inalinement with each other for the pintles, and a pintle and l throughfrom tlle outer to tlie inner end of 1U handle member Aformed of asingle length of said bearings, tile Central portion between die Wirehaving its ends secured to the top of bearinue being bent to forni anoutwardly the Cover and parallel to each other, aninterl projectinghandle; substantially as (lemediate portion of each arm being Curved toscribed.

extend out around the ange of tlie cover l HENRY LANGE. and beaded edgeof the receptacle, and to Titneesesz extend from the curved portion inaline- JOEL l. YJOODRUFF,

ment with eaoh other to form pintles passing HERMAN l. EHRHARDT.

